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 17 OCTOBER 1944 - First Lieutenant
Jarvis
T. "Yag" Yagla in "Daylight
One Three" departed
Middleburg Island
at 0555 with fighter cover on a mission to the Southern coast of Waigeo Island for the
purpose of evacuating Dutch and native personnel. The rescue ship arrived at its
destination at 1100, landed in a rough sea and taxied to within 200 yards of the shore.
Native canoes brought passengers out the ship. Considerable difficulty was encountered in
getting the women and children aboard, due mainly to the roughness of the sea. All were
finally aboard and the rescue ship lifted from the water at 1150, their transfer of
passengers taking 35 minutes. The fighter escort was dismissed and the ship with its load
of civilians proceeded to
Sansapor where it discharged its cargo and returned to its base at Middleburg. Some of these
people had been prisoners of the Japanese and were grateful to again resume their lives as
free people.
The evacuees were as follows: Mr. F. Vander Wyek, Mrs. D. Vander Wyek, and five
children. Also the following natives: Badan, Tambelin, Wolfried, and Jaleh.
AIRCRAFT
TYPE:
OA-10A*
USAAF SERNO:
44-33879
(CV-330)**
CALLSIGN:
"Daylight One
Three"
CREW:
(Pilot) 1Lt Jarvis T. Yagla
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*
Aircraft produced at Canadian Vickers Ldt, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada
** Canadian Vickers contract number that was unique to each
aircraft produced by at Cartierville
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